Notification Exemptions: A Self Assessment Guide

 

 

Some data controllers do not need to notify

By working through questions 1-9 you will be able to determine if notification is required.
The sequence of questions is such that if there is no possibility of an exemption for you this will be made clear very quickly.
Exemptions are possible for:
 

  1. Data controllers who only process personal data for:

    • staff administration (including payroll)
    • advertising, marketing and public relations (For their own business)
    • accounts and records

  2. Some not for profit organisations

  3. Processing personal data for personal, family or household affairs (including recreational purposes)

  4. Maintenance of a public register

If you are exempt

Individuals who are processing personal data for personal, family or household affairs are exempt from notification and most of the other provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Other data controllers who are exempt from notification must comply with the other provisions of the Act.
Further information about compliance can be obtained from the sources on the back page of the "Notification Exemptions - a self assessment guide" booklet.
Data controllers who are exempt from notification may choose to notify voluntarily.

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